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are written in this book belong also to the great Kaan, except only those provinces
which are at the beginning of our book which belong to the son of Argon *the lord* FB
*of the sunrising,* just as I have written you, *which all belongs to the great Kaan, for he* FB
*holds his land of him, and is his vassal and his kinsman and of his imperial line.* And so
outside those provinces all the others which are written in this book belong to
the great Kaan. And therefore *if* you do not *find* the provinces *written,* yet you FB FB FB
understand¹ it in such a way as I have told you. Now henceforth let us leave this
kind and we will tell you of the province of Gaindu.
HERE HE TELLS OF THE PROVINCE OF GAINDU. Gaindu is a province *and* L
*city* toward sunsetting, *and* has only one king.² *Formerly it was ruled by* FB R
*its own king,·but after it had been subjected to the rule of the great Kaan he* Z
*sends his own rulers there.·And do not understand by this speaking of sunsetting that the said* R
*regions are in the lands of the Sunsetting, but because we are going out from the lands which*
*are between sunrising and the Greek wind coming towards sunset; and therefore we describe*
*them as toward sunsetting.·The people of this province,* they are all idolaters and are Z VB
subject to *the rule of* the great lord. *And* there are cities and villages enough *subject* V VA VB
*to it,·and the chief city likewise is called Gaindu, which is built at the beginning of the* R
*province.·And* they have a *large* salt lake [*52b*] where many pearls are found, *which* FB R Z
*pearls are quite white but not round; indeed they are as it were in knots, because four, five, six,*
*and more seem to be held together in one.* But the great Kaan is not *in any way* willing Z
that any one take them out, for if he were to have as many of them taken out
*at will* as one would find there, they would take out so many of them that they Z
would be very cheap and would be worth nothing. But yet I tell you that when
the great lord wants some of them he makes them indeed take out some of them
for him only alone, *as many as he wishes at his pleasure.* But *without the king's leave* FB P
no other could *dare to* take any of them without being *immediately* deprived of life, V FB
*so that all the pearls that are taken come into the hands of the lord.* And again I tell you VB
that there is also a mountain in which one would find *the mine of* a kind of stone R
which one calls turquoise, which are very beautiful stones, *and they are* in very FB
great quantities. But the great lord does not allow *them* to be taken *by any* except FB Z
by his command; *& they too all come into the hands of the lord, & some of them are sold* VB
*to merchants as he wills.* And I tell you that in this province *also* there is such a *very new* Z L
*and strange* custom with their wives as I shall tell you. For they do not regard it
*at all* as villainy if a foreigner or other man *who comes* shames him *at pleasure* with FB Z Z
his wife or with his daughter or with his sister or with any woman whom he may
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